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The Maroon ESTABLISHED 1923 VOL. 73 NO. 8 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1994 Abuse haunts college women By ELIZABETH KEENAN Assistant News Editor When Amy went to the hospital for the second time because of physical abuse from her boyfriend, she realized that it was time to get out of the relationship."People want to look at you like it's this nice, little, perfect relationship. And when something goes wrong, they look at it like it's just a fight," said Amy (not her real name). Amy, a former student at Loyola, said that her boyfriend abused her for almost two years before she left him. Violence against women is a problem at Loyola and at college campuses across the United States. According to the Journal of College Student Development, 22 percent of college students in a survey by the California State University Department of Psychology, in May 1990, had either inflicted or received abuse. For two-thirds of the students in the survey, the violence was reciprocal. Public Safety Officer Sonny Potter said that Loyola University does not have much of a problem with courtship violence."With violence against women, we've been very fortunate. We haven't had a large number [of complaints] on campus," Potter said. "It's sad that it happens in the real world quite a bit, but we're lucky here." Potter added that Public Safety treats arguments between men and women in the same manner as arguments between By AMY PELLEGRINI Students applaud at the 4th Annual Women Take Back the Night March Oct. 20, sponsored by Loyola and Tulane Universities. Many college institutions host demonstrations to protest violence against women. Student claims attack in stairwell By PETER REICHARD Editor in Chief Robin Sidney Kirk, drama senior, who accused a drama staff member of battery three weeks ago, claims she was thrown down a flight of stairs Monday morning. There is some question among students and faculty in the drama department, however, about the validity of some of Kirk's claims regarding the incident. Kirk implied that the incident — from which she said she sustained a sprained wrist, a black eye and a concussion — is related to her accusations against David Johnson, technical director for the drama and speech department, and that someone close to the case arranged the assault. "It's not like this just came out of the blue," Kirk said. Kirk said that since she accused Johnson of battery she has received "harrassing phone calls," and has had a dead fish delivered to her door. "Up to this point, they've been really sophomoric pranks," she said. When Johnson was informed that Kirk had associated him with her being pushed down the stairs, he said it was the first time he was told that he "had any connection with Miss Kirk being hurt." "It blows my mind that I would be accused of causing a student to get hurt," Johnson said. Georgia Gresham, chairwoman of drama and speech, said she does not believe anyone in the department is involved in hurting Kirk. "I have complete faith in my students that they would not partake of such a thing," Gresham said. "And I have complete faith in Mr. Johnson that he would not partake of such a thing." According to Kirk, she had just parked her car on the third floor of the parking garage and entered the stairwell at about 7:30 a.m. Monday when the attack occurred. She said she heard someone running down the stairs towards her. "He ran down the stairs, but he was waiting for me." Kirk said. She would not comment on how she knew he was waiting for her. "I just thought it was somebody in a hurry. It happened really fast." Kirk said that the man grabbed her from behind, pushed her against the wall and slammed her head against the wall several times. He then pushed her down the stairs, she said. "He threw me with enough force that 1 ... flew with much velocity down the stairs," Kirk said. Kirk said the man followed her down the stairs, walked around her and crouched down behind her. She said she saw him as he walked around her, and described him as a "big, but not huge" African-American dressed in dark clothes. "It was nobody I know," she said. Kirk said that as he crouched behind her he said, "Sidney, be careful," and then ran down the stairs. "1 knew who it was from," Kirk said, but would not elaborate. She also emphasized that she was not mugged. Kirk went to Public Safety and was taken by ambulance to East Jefferson Hospital. Investigator Roger Pinac and Patrick Bailey, director of Public Safety, declined to comment. Zac Sieffert, drama/communications junior, said that Kirk cannot be trusted to give an honest account of the incident. "No one in the department wants to have anything to do with her," Sieffert said. "I have no reason to trust anything she says anymore." Kirk called any speculation that she fabricated the story "preposterous." Language, culture create barriers for interaction By SONYA WILDMON Assistant News Editor Bill Wilson, finance junior, usually sits in the back row of his accounting class and speaks to his friend in Spanish. Last week an U.S. American student approached him and asked, "Why is it that you always exclude me from your conversations?""Until she said anything, I didn't even realize that I was excluding her because for me it's normal to speak in Spanish and A Campus Divided Part 4 of 4 in English," Wilson said. Wilson, a bilingual student from Florida, found himself in a situation that international students face when they speak their native language. Some students say that foreign languages and other cultural barriers cause a division between international and U.S. students. According to a fall '93 report from Loyola Institutional Research, five percent of the student population (231 students) were not U.S. citizens. This figure does not include many bilingual students with various cultural backgrounds whom others may consider international. Debbie Danna, director of International Student Affairs, said there is some division among students at Loyola. "Some of the [international] students are well integrated in the university and feel very much at home, and others don't," she said. "I think there is a lack of understanding and communication on both sides." Javier Quijano, a business senior and president of International Student Association from Mexico, said he agrees that there is a division between students, but it is less noticeable than during his first year at Loyola. "I see it a lot less than when I first got here. It was more pronounced four years ago," Quijano said. "One way I see the gap diminishing is an increasing attendanceattendance by U.S. Americans at ISA functions."Quijano also said that the diminishing division on campus is because of efforts by both international and U.S. students."It comes from both sides, because the international students come from very different environments than what is found in the U.S. But there's also a big stereotype by the Americans of what life is like outside of the U. 5.," he said. See WOMEN, Pg. 3 See DIVISION, Pg. 5 ďgdgdgd dgdgdgd M House of Death Necromantic museum offers gate to netherworld. Pg. 11

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The Maroon ESTABLISHED 1923 VOL. 73 NO. 8 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1994 Abuse haunts college women By ELIZABETH KEENAN Assistant News Editor When Amy went to the hospital for the second time because of physical abuse from her boyfriend, she realized that it was time to get out of the relationship."People want to look at you like it's this nice, little, perfect relationship. And when something goes wrong, they look at it like it's just a fight," said Amy (not her real name). Amy, a former student at Loyola, said that her boyfriend abused her for almost two years before she left him. Violence against women is a problem at Loyola and at college campuses across the United States. According to the Journal of College Student Development, 22 percent of college students in a survey by the California State University Department of Psychology, in May 1990, had either inflicted or received abuse. For two-thirds of the students in the survey, the violence was reciprocal. Public Safety Officer Sonny Potter said that Loyola University does not have much of a problem with courtship violence."With violence against women, we've been very fortunate. We haven't had a large number [of complaints] on campus," Potter said. "It's sad that it happens in the real world quite a bit, but we're lucky here." Potter added that Public Safety treats arguments between men and women in the same manner as arguments between By AMY PELLEGRINI Students applaud at the 4th Annual Women Take Back the Night March Oct. 20, sponsored by Loyola and Tulane Universities. Many college institutions host demonstrations to protest violence against women. Student claims attack in stairwell By PETER REICHARD Editor in Chief Robin Sidney Kirk, drama senior, who accused a drama staff member of battery three weeks ago, claims she was thrown down a flight of stairs Monday morning. There is some question among students and faculty in the drama department, however, about the validity of some of Kirk's claims regarding the incident. Kirk implied that the incident — from which she said she sustained a sprained wrist, a black eye and a concussion — is related to her accusations against David Johnson, technical director for the drama and speech department, and that someone close to the case arranged the assault. "It's not like this just came out of the blue," Kirk said. Kirk said that since she accused Johnson of battery she has received "harrassing phone calls," and has had a dead fish delivered to her door. "Up to this point, they've been really sophomoric pranks," she said. When Johnson was informed that Kirk had associated him with her being pushed down the stairs, he said it was the first time he was told that he "had any connection with Miss Kirk being hurt." "It blows my mind that I would be accused of causing a student to get hurt," Johnson said. Georgia Gresham, chairwoman of drama and speech, said she does not believe anyone in the department is involved in hurting Kirk. "I have complete faith in my students that they would not partake of such a thing," Gresham said. "And I have complete faith in Mr. Johnson that he would not partake of such a thing." According to Kirk, she had just parked her car on the third floor of the parking garage and entered the stairwell at about 7:30 a.m. Monday when the attack occurred. She said she heard someone running down the stairs towards her. "He ran down the stairs, but he was waiting for me." Kirk said. She would not comment on how she knew he was waiting for her. "I just thought it was somebody in a hurry. It happened really fast." Kirk said that the man grabbed her from behind, pushed her against the wall and slammed her head against the wall several times. He then pushed her down the stairs, she said. "He threw me with enough force that 1 ... flew with much velocity down the stairs," Kirk said. Kirk said the man followed her down the stairs, walked around her and crouched down behind her. She said she saw him as he walked around her, and described him as a "big, but not huge" African-American dressed in dark clothes. "It was nobody I know," she said. Kirk said that as he crouched behind her he said, "Sidney, be careful," and then ran down the stairs. "1 knew who it was from," Kirk said, but would not elaborate. She also emphasized that she was not mugged. Kirk went to Public Safety and was taken by ambulance to East Jefferson Hospital. Investigator Roger Pinac and Patrick Bailey, director of Public Safety, declined to comment. Zac Sieffert, drama/communications junior, said that Kirk cannot be trusted to give an honest account of the incident. "No one in the department wants to have anything to do with her," Sieffert said. "I have no reason to trust anything she says anymore." Kirk called any speculation that she fabricated the story "preposterous." Language, culture create barriers for interaction By SONYA WILDMON Assistant News Editor Bill Wilson, finance junior, usually sits in the back row of his accounting class and speaks to his friend in Spanish. Last week an U.S. American student approached him and asked, "Why is it that you always exclude me from your conversations?""Until she said anything, I didn't even realize that I was excluding her because for me it's normal to speak in Spanish and A Campus Divided Part 4 of 4 in English," Wilson said. Wilson, a bilingual student from Florida, found himself in a situation that international students face when they speak their native language. Some students say that foreign languages and other cultural barriers cause a division between international and U.S. students. According to a fall '93 report from Loyola Institutional Research, five percent of the student population (231 students) were not U.S. citizens. This figure does not include many bilingual students with various cultural backgrounds whom others may consider international. Debbie Danna, director of International Student Affairs, said there is some division among students at Loyola. "Some of the [international] students are well integrated in the university and feel very much at home, and others don't," she said. "I think there is a lack of understanding and communication on both sides." Javier Quijano, a business senior and president of International Student Association from Mexico, said he agrees that there is a division between students, but it is less noticeable than during his first year at Loyola. "I see it a lot less than when I first got here. It was more pronounced four years ago," Quijano said. "One way I see the gap diminishing is an increasing attendanceattendance by U.S. Americans at ISA functions."Quijano also said that the diminishing division on campus is because of efforts by both international and U.S. students."It comes from both sides, because the international students come from very different environments than what is found in the U.S. But there's also a big stereotype by the Americans of what life is like outside of the U. 5.," he said. See WOMEN, Pg. 3 See DIVISION, Pg. 5 ďgdgdgd dgdgdgd M House of Death Necromantic museum offers gate to netherworld. Pg. 11